Thursday, July 21, 2005

Still on the theology slant, I managed to find 'Introduction to the Study of the Gospels' by B. F. Westcott published 1888. Westcott was a member of the Cambridge triumverate, a highly competent Biblical scholar he was involved in the Revised Version of the Bible.

He has a wonderful image in his preface about truth:

"The winged word leaves it trace, though the first effect may be, in the old Hebrew image, transient as the shadow of a flying bird."

I love that idea. Truth is something that has to be searched for like the shadow of a flying bird. The same could be said for all truth.

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I have been writing this blog for over ten years. I tend to be quite eclectic in my range of interests and you will see that the subjects vary from Heaven by George Herbert to Curious George. The main reason I started writing this blog was to get my view across that the reviews we see in the papers come from the literary establishment. Writers who review books by their friends and this does not mean that the reviews are accurate. Along the way I got distracted, I even added some of my artwork but I hope you enjoy reading it. My favourite post is from January 2005 -English literature and geology do mix!- You should search it out.